FOREIGN MISSIONS CONFERENCE o f NORTH AMERICA * J a n u a r y , 1944 REPORT OF THE Jubilee Meeting OF THE CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MISSION BOARDS IN CANADA AND IN THE UNITED STATES L a S a l l e H o t e l , C h ic a g o , I l l in o is Ja n u a r y 3-7, 1944 F o r e ig n M is s io n s C o n f e r e n c e of N o r t h A m e r ic a 156 F if t h YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL N e * Til, i Office: 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City (10) Telephone: Chelsea 2-3230 Cable Address: “Formiscon New York" Codes: Missions, Western Union (Printed tn the United States of America.) FOREWORD The Jubilee of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America was held in Chicago at the La Salle Hotel, January 3 to 7, 1944. Problems of gravest moment faced the Conference not only in connec­ tion with the disturbed conditions due to the Second World War but also as the natural outcome of five decades of active prosecution of the Kingdom interest in foreign lands. That these problems were faced realistically and with prophetic insight will be seen from the addresses given, most of which are here reproduced. A few of the manuscripts were not available. It is re­ gretted that the limitations of space due to the paper shortage made it needful to curtail somewhat many of the addresses. But this has been done in such a manner as to preserve fully the thought and intent of the speaker. The addresses taken together provide a composite picture of world-wide conditions in the foreign missionary enterprise of today and a complete exposition of the thinking of foreign mission leaders as to the further development of the work both in the postwar period and subsequently. At a great public meeting which was held in Orchestra Hall on the evening of January 7, Dr. Walter H. Judd, member of Congress from Minnesota, and Dr. E. Stanley Jones brought the gathering to a close with penetrating messages addressed to the Christian people of Amer­ ica on the subject “ Decisions Fraught with Destiny.” It is regretted that their addresses could not be secured in written form. Dr. Charles T. Leber, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the Jubilee Meeting, summed up the significance of the Conference in a broadcast over the Columbia Network, at 5:30 p. m. on the 7th. Dr. Leber’s address epitomized the situation and presented the key to a new world order in these tragic and adventurous days. That address will serve as a fitting introduction to an understanding of the purpose and program of this historic gathering. [3] CHAIRMEN OF THE FOREIGN MISSIONS CONFERENCE 1893—R ev. A. S u t h e r l a n d , D.D. 1908—R ev. H e n r y N . C obb, D .D . 1894—R ev. F. F. E llin w o o d , D.D. M r. J o h n R . M ott 1895— D r. A u g u s t u s C. T h o m pso n R ev. C h a r l e s R . W a t s o n , D.D. 1896— D r . W. W. 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W h it a k e r D.D. 1901—R ev. J a m e s I. G ood, D.D. 1917—B is h o p W alter R . L a m b u t h , R ev. G eorge S c h o ll, D .D . D.D. R ev. D avid J. B urrell, D .D . 1918—R ev. P a u l de S c h w e in it z , D.D. R ev. A . S. L loyd, D .D . 1919—R ev. C a n o n S. G ould, M.D. M r. J a m e s W ood 1920—M r. J a m e s M. S peers R ev. W m . I. H a v e n , D.D. 1921—R ev. S t e p h e n J. C orey, LL.D. 1902—R ev. F . H . D u V er n e t, B.D. 1922— R ev. E zr a K. B ell, D.D. R ev. A . S u t h e r l a n d , D.D. 1923—R ev. J a m e s E ndicott, D .D . R ev. F . J. G ou c h e r , D .D . 1924—R ev. A llen R . B a r t h o l o m e w , Rev. Paul de Schweinitz D.D. Rev. Henry N. C obb, D.D. 1925—R ev. F r a n k M a so n N o r t h , 1903—R ev. J o h n F o x , D.D. D.D. Rev. R. P. M a c k a y , D.D. 1926—D r. R obert E . S peer R ev. H a r l a n P . B e a c h 1927— D r . J o h n W . W ood R ev. M ancius H. Hutton, D.D. 1928—R ev. F. W . B u r n h a m , D .D . 1904— R ev. H. C. 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